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fronds

fronds is the plural of frond.

Meaning of frond

Noun

frond (plural fronds)

  1. The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
    • By the bank, fifty yards below Elm Island, stood the Master, looking into water six inches deep. A fern frond, knocked off the bank upstream, came down turning like a little green dragon in the clear water.1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter, Chapter 19
  2. Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf.
    • palm frond

Questions about fronds

What is fronds the plural of?
Fronds is the plural of frond.

Words near fronds in the dictionary

  1. frondose
  2. frondosely
  3. frondoside
  4. frondosides
  5. frondous
  6. fronds
  7. frondy
  8. Frongoch
  9. Fronk
  10. Fronks
  11. Fronnie

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